Ali Reza Pahlavi (Persian: علیرضا پهلوی; 1 March 1922 – 17 October 1954) was the second son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and the brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was a member of the Pahlavi dynasty.[1]
| Ali Reza Pahlavi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 1 March 1922 Tehran, Sublime State of Iran |
| Died | 17 October 1954 (aged 32) Alborz, Imperial State of Iran |
| Burial | |
| Spouse |
Christiane Cholewski
(m. 1946; div. 1948) |
| Issue | Patrick Ali Pahlavi |
| House | Pahlavi |
| Father | Reza Shah |
| Mother | Tadj ol-Molouk |
Education and marriage
editHe joined the French Army in the year 1944 and served there until 1947, then returned to Iran. During his service in France, Ali Reza married a French-Polish descent widow named Christiane Shoulooski. She was the daughter of André-Louis Cholesky, a French mathematician and the author of Cholesky decomposition. She had received the first prize for the most beautiful leg in Deauville from Marlene Dietrich.[2] Ali Reza accepted Christiane's four-year-old son, Christian Pahlavi, as his adopted son and gave him his surname. Ali Reza also became the father of a boy named Ali Patrick Pahlavi through Christiane, but the Iranian court did not recognize this marriage, so the couple lived in Paris.
Displeased with his brothers' passive stance towards the events in Mohammad Mossadegh's government, Ali Reza founded the "Shah's Fedayeen". Unlike his brothers, he actively supported the Shah's regime and was ready to take effective action against Mossadegh's government. He played a key role in organizing the events of 28 February 1953, by calling for and mobilizing thugs such as Tayeb Haj Rezai, Hossein Esmaeili Pour (Ramazan Yekie), and Shaban Jafari. All those who mobilized to demonstrate against Mossadegh and in support of the Shah on 28 Mordad also played similar roles. [3]
On 21 November 1953, Ali Reza Pahlavi was appointed as the head of the Army Sports Association.[4]
Death
editAli Reza died on 17 October 1954 in a plane crash in the Alborz Mountains.[5][6]
Honours
editNational honours
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Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Pahlavi[citation needed]
Order of Military Merit, First Class (1937)[citation needed]
Order of Military Merit, Second Class (1937)[citation needed]
Order of Glory, First Class (1937)[citation needed]
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Foreign honours
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Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (28 February 1949)[citation needed]
Member First Class of the Order of the Supreme Sun[citation needed]
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References
edit- ^ Ali Akbar Dareini (1999). The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p. 123. ISBN 978-81-208-1642-8.
- ^ Brezinski, Claude; Tournès, Dominique (6 August 2014). André-Louis Cholesky: Mathematician, Topographer and Army Officer. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-08135-9.
- ^ Rahnema, Ali (24 November 2014). Behind the 1953 Coup in Iran: Thugs, Turncoats, Soldiers, and Spooks. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-07606-8.
- ^ Dr. Baqer Agheli (1387), "روزشمار تاريخ ايران: از مشروطه تا انقلاب اسلامي", Chronology of Iran's History from Constitutionalism to the Islamic Revolution Volume Two, Tehran: Namek, p. 23, ISBN 964-6895-53-0
- ^ Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd (1980). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. II. Burke's Peerage. p. 149. ISBN 0-85011-029-7.
- ^ James D Cockcroft (1989). Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. New York; Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 9781555468477.
External links
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Media related to Ali Reza Pahlavi I at Wikimedia Commons
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